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Nice, have been waiting for a review on this.
Sandalwood oil of the day
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Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
Zen Heart - Aroma Sublime - Japanese grown sandalwood, one tree distillation, scent is such a departure from the usual buttery sandalwood, and the name fits it perfectly! Been wearing it for about an hour and a half thus far, the top notes are still going strong. You get a green leaves blowing in the wind sort of aroma, with a delectable woodiness, with hints of a nose tingling pine. There is a slight buttery-ness in the background, resinous butter might be a better descriptor, might develop more later on. Couldn't imagine a better name for this oil, I literally feel like I'm in the temple were this tree was grown. Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but the uniqueness and the strength of this oil, makes it an outstanding specimen in my collection !
oudstronaut
Banned
Mysore Special Reserve - Rising Phoenix Perfumery
Sour, nutty, slightly urinal, floral/fresh all at the same time. I’m officially out of this stuff as I used most of it to make another musk attar.
I think my favourite Mysore sandalwood from JK so far is still his “butter bomb” which is way creamier and not sour like this one. I haven’t tried his m’incenzia which piques my interest every time I go to put an order in. But, if you like the nutty/sour/floral notes more than the milky notes of butter bomb then you go with this guy.
This is a “red meat” Mysore and butter bomb is a “black meat” oil.
I wear sandalwood most often in the evening before sleeping and I swear they help me drift off.
Sour, nutty, slightly urinal, floral/fresh all at the same time. I’m officially out of this stuff as I used most of it to make another musk attar.
I think my favourite Mysore sandalwood from JK so far is still his “butter bomb” which is way creamier and not sour like this one. I haven’t tried his m’incenzia which piques my interest every time I go to put an order in. But, if you like the nutty/sour/floral notes more than the milky notes of butter bomb then you go with this guy.
This is a “red meat” Mysore and butter bomb is a “black meat” oil.
I wear sandalwood most often in the evening before sleeping and I swear they help me drift off.
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Mr.P
oud<3er
I put on a swipe of mesoud's ntt sandalwood oil today. I have been getting the most wonderful delicious woody Sandalwood notes all afternoon. I wish I could use copious amounts of sandalwood like this in the natural perfumes I've been making because people should get to smell this. I think you all know this but this is a real quality heavy duty old-school Sandalwood oil. Very special stuff.
Loulikesoud
True Ouddict
It is indeed very good. Even at his amazing price point given the quality it is still causing reticence on my part to swipe liberally. I love it all the more because the gentleman distilling it is a kindred spirit.
It’s a long, young oil. I go to bed and wake up with it 🙂
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
This is the new one he's just finished distilling?
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Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
I've just received my portion of this rare treat so I'll be able to share my reflections shortly.
AlHind Oud
Resident Artisan
After putting so much effort behind distilling the oils, such reviews always make me feel good. Thank you!
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
An Najwa Vintage Mysore SQ 1990. Alright...so yes it absolutely does stand out very differently from the other sandalwoods I have here. The opening note is reminiscent of citrus but only at the extreme opening. It has me thinking of lemon sherbet. The wood note comes in immediately after that. I really need to get better at knowing which words to describe scents because like this one they often leave me speechless. My swipe wasn't particularly generous and I'm finding with these older sandalwoods they disappear reasonably fast on the dry down. I may have to just go for it (at least once) to get a full nose of it. At best, all I can say is that this is stand-alone and unique. I'll be using it very sparingly as I only got 1g but what a gram it is! Thank you @An Najwa!
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
I'll now add that an hour after applying it's completely changed again. It has a solid dry down that I expect will last most of the day. Very creamy now and classic Mysore.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Time for @An Najwa Mysore Antique 1960 Govt. Factory sandalwood oil. I really can't begin to express just how rare this is! I was not going to miss having some in my collection.Straight out of the bottle it's very different from the Vintage. It's like smelling an aged Mysore on a sub but in a liquid gold form. The colour is a very faint yellow gold. No citrus whatsoever. It goes straight into the buttery sublime and is holding that note strongly. If I could walk into that factory now I'm positive this is how it would smell.
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Mr.P
oud<3er
Mysuru 2 Sinking Al Hind
this is a first impression. First, this put a smile on my face right away - the opening is quite beautiful and distinctive. Based on my first impressions i get an appealing roundness / smoothness - no off notes or still notes, and the different facets of the smell are in balance so instead if being strongly one way or the other, it is more of a balanced perfume of sandalwood notes including some light floral notes that are different from the floral notes i have smelled in other sandalwoods. There's somehow a sense of fresh air with the florals in balance with cool custardy / milky and light dry sandalwood scent. I applied a dab yesterday and the longevity and performance in the dry down was great. It definitely leaves you with that beautiful Sandalwood sheen six hours or eight hours later.
Really tasty sandalwood… I'm going to try to use the sample as little as possible so I can revisit it in a couple of years. It's been so interesting this past couple of years, experiencing a variety of painstakingly hydrodistilled Sandalwood oils like this one, direct from the literal distillers' hands no less. A blast from the past thanks to olfactory visionaries who refuse to compromise on quality in an era increasingly swept away by mass production, compromise, substitutes etc.
this is a first impression. First, this put a smile on my face right away - the opening is quite beautiful and distinctive. Based on my first impressions i get an appealing roundness / smoothness - no off notes or still notes, and the different facets of the smell are in balance so instead if being strongly one way or the other, it is more of a balanced perfume of sandalwood notes including some light floral notes that are different from the floral notes i have smelled in other sandalwoods. There's somehow a sense of fresh air with the florals in balance with cool custardy / milky and light dry sandalwood scent. I applied a dab yesterday and the longevity and performance in the dry down was great. It definitely leaves you with that beautiful Sandalwood sheen six hours or eight hours later.
Really tasty sandalwood… I'm going to try to use the sample as little as possible so I can revisit it in a couple of years. It's been so interesting this past couple of years, experiencing a variety of painstakingly hydrodistilled Sandalwood oils like this one, direct from the literal distillers' hands no less. A blast from the past thanks to olfactory visionaries who refuse to compromise on quality in an era increasingly swept away by mass production, compromise, substitutes etc.
-Renton-
True Ouddict
Mysore oil called "Golden Sun" gifted to me by @Goodness Nose.
For the age of the wood that was used to make this oil, which I believe to be quite young, I really like it. In 2 hours I am in the base notes and 2.5 hours I am in full dry down (like right now, but I hardly wear it, I still have the gram basically left and wont touch it for another 6 months then another 6 months after that and keep seeing if its changes as it ages). The notes are beautiful, it starts off with a unique quiet, soft, mintiness, with full on creamy, somewhat buttery, sandalwood-y notes. After 15-20 mins those minty notes go away, and it blossoms like a flower coming out, you get a real strong, heavy scent of dry, pure sandalwood note (which is excellent), with a real hard note of lactonic, milky, creaminess, as it develops the butteriness comes into play and they both dance around each other, with the milky, creamy notes dancing around the butteriness and making such a gourmand scent, with some earthiness in there as well. it is indeed, beautiful. Not just this but there is that citrus, ALMOST frankincense note (but not quite, as I think only really old trees can go to that level) coming in and out of the sandalwood notes.
On dry down it is a lovely, biscuit, biscoff type scent, with no creaminess but only milkiness and a tad of butter, that is slowly going away, but the sandalwood note is there and it is so gourmet with the milkiness, slight butter and STRONG sandalwood note that smells like a (UK wording) biscuit, like biscoff, with some earthiness. Truly fantastic work, you did brother, this is like alchemy you did, because I have shavings of the wood you made this out of and it is no wear near as good as this oil when I heated it.
Lovely oil, that I might not actually touch again till end of this year or start of next, to see what 1 year of aging has done to it.
For the age of the wood that was used to make this oil, which I believe to be quite young, I really like it. In 2 hours I am in the base notes and 2.5 hours I am in full dry down (like right now, but I hardly wear it, I still have the gram basically left and wont touch it for another 6 months then another 6 months after that and keep seeing if its changes as it ages). The notes are beautiful, it starts off with a unique quiet, soft, mintiness, with full on creamy, somewhat buttery, sandalwood-y notes. After 15-20 mins those minty notes go away, and it blossoms like a flower coming out, you get a real strong, heavy scent of dry, pure sandalwood note (which is excellent), with a real hard note of lactonic, milky, creaminess, as it develops the butteriness comes into play and they both dance around each other, with the milky, creamy notes dancing around the butteriness and making such a gourmand scent, with some earthiness in there as well. it is indeed, beautiful. Not just this but there is that citrus, ALMOST frankincense note (but not quite, as I think only really old trees can go to that level) coming in and out of the sandalwood notes.
On dry down it is a lovely, biscuit, biscoff type scent, with no creaminess but only milkiness and a tad of butter, that is slowly going away, but the sandalwood note is there and it is so gourmet with the milkiness, slight butter and STRONG sandalwood note that smells like a (UK wording) biscuit, like biscoff, with some earthiness. Truly fantastic work, you did brother, this is like alchemy you did, because I have shavings of the wood you made this out of and it is no wear near as good as this oil when I heated it.
Lovely oil, that I might not actually touch again till end of this year or start of next, to see what 1 year of aging has done to it.
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Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
HM Mysore by Sulaym. I received this today and I'm about 3 hrs into wearing it. Out of the bottle it doesn't smell like anything else I currently own at all. Almost a hint of medicinal? Once on the skin the citrus is there but not in any meaningful way and yet still the top note for sure. The middle notes are all butter but more like a lemon butter made by your Nan with some type of Sunday pastry desert coming out of the oven. Man, this is so good. I was actually flat out on my back on the couch with my wrist to my nose for a good hour earlier. Tempted to use this for one of my musk macerations.
-Renton-
True Ouddict
A Semi Vacuum Distillation from Tea Guru that is now sold out (I got it on November and still have more than half of the gram I got) called "Vintage Sumba Extreme" made with red and black meat sandalwood, so presents with some weird, but nice notes, done very artisanally, and does smell like red/black meat (comparing to Prof. Incense black meat sandalwood sticks and a bit of KyaraZen's Black Meat limited edition sticks of last year).
Starts off with a quiet sandalwood note, with the main notes being red tropical sour and sweet fruits and leather, each minute after the 10 min mark got closer and closer to the traditional sandalwood scent, then boom at 20-25 mins later it came on with this sour, sweet red fruit, very rich creamy and slightly (but potent) buttery note that just gets stronger and stronger as it develops, very rich creaminess and butteriness that you could eat this stuff lol. The beautiful black/red meat sandalwood note combined with this rich, intensely creamy and buttery note turned into this biscoff cheesecake-like scent... as it develops I was noticing spices in the background as well, sweet and spicy with a mild... camphor note? Yep, weirdly enough there was a very mild (NO mint) camphor note (possibly borneol note instead idk) that was just in the background like the spices, and added to the rich buttery note and the woody, sandalwood note, as if giving a friendly push on both of those notes, and making it more rich, without affecting the sandalwood traditional profile, since it is barely recognizable, even I didn't recognize it till today. Lovely earthy notes as well, with the spice and sweet notes combining and making a nice coexistence, and notes of high quality sandalwood (either chips or sticks) incense without smokiness. Totally gourmand.
Lovely sandalwood.
Some fruits and mild jam were also there, but not as upfront after the 20-25mins, but were giving a lot of sweetness to the oil.
EDIT: After having it on for 1hr and 40-50 mins I am starting to see pop ups of muskiness from the camphor 😮... weird.
Starts off with a quiet sandalwood note, with the main notes being red tropical sour and sweet fruits and leather, each minute after the 10 min mark got closer and closer to the traditional sandalwood scent, then boom at 20-25 mins later it came on with this sour, sweet red fruit, very rich creamy and slightly (but potent) buttery note that just gets stronger and stronger as it develops, very rich creaminess and butteriness that you could eat this stuff lol. The beautiful black/red meat sandalwood note combined with this rich, intensely creamy and buttery note turned into this biscoff cheesecake-like scent... as it develops I was noticing spices in the background as well, sweet and spicy with a mild... camphor note? Yep, weirdly enough there was a very mild (NO mint) camphor note (possibly borneol note instead idk) that was just in the background like the spices, and added to the rich buttery note and the woody, sandalwood note, as if giving a friendly push on both of those notes, and making it more rich, without affecting the sandalwood traditional profile, since it is barely recognizable, even I didn't recognize it till today. Lovely earthy notes as well, with the spice and sweet notes combining and making a nice coexistence, and notes of high quality sandalwood (either chips or sticks) incense without smokiness. Totally gourmand.
Lovely sandalwood.
Some fruits and mild jam were also there, but not as upfront after the 20-25mins, but were giving a lot of sweetness to the oil.
EDIT: After having it on for 1hr and 40-50 mins I am starting to see pop ups of muskiness from the camphor 😮... weird.
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